tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467609102952361172021-05-27T03:49:28.456-05:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-16268450097345970772020-08-17T04:00:00.052-05:002020-08-17T04:00:01.972-05:00

First, I’d like to thank Zander for allowing me to bring my blog tour here today. This is day four of the blog tour, and I’m very excited because I’ve written a really fun horror novel, and I want to tell you all about it. (I’ll be honest and admit I’m introducing myself in the same way each day, in case these words encounter someone who doesn’t know me or who hasn’t been following the blog tour

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My writing year began with a rejection email from an editor. The story I'd submitted approached erotica from a different angle, one that looked at the people behind the pussies and cocks and orgasms. It dealt with dominance and submission and explored how scary the roles are for newbies. How foreign, yet yearned for. How surprising and serious. How life-changing. It also contained revenge

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Reading a collection of short stories by a master of the form is one of the great literary pleasures, especially when the writer treats his work as a set of variations on a powerful theme yet manages to make each story as unique as a snowflake. A good writer is like a musician, a pied piper of words who leads you, heart and mind, into places you might not have gone otherwise. A steady bass

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Get lost in these sensual tales that combine gritty fantasy with lustful seduction. A must-read erotica collection that will take you to dark, disturbing, and sexy places. Featuring my edgiest story (and personal favorite), Red House, about a priest and a vampire with a shared past. Limited time. Grab your copy today. AmazonBarnes & NobleApple iBooksKobo

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Erotica for the Big Brain: Review of 'Tampa' by Alissa Nutting--and more! So, let’s talk about Tampa. Not in the hushed, breathless tones of closeted embarrassment as if we’d been forced to reveal a guilty secret...

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-59962763878300000362016-10-25T13:53:00.001-05:002021-02-22T16:18:01.783-06:00

The Because Beards anthology will raise money for the Movember Foundation. Each story features a beautifully bearded man. We want to keep our men healthy, and the Movember Foundation can help achieve that with our support. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this anthology go toward supporting prostate cancer research and treatment, and other critical men’s health initiatives.

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Book Review - Blue (an erotic novel) by LN Bey - 4 stars First, you should know I hated “FSOG”. I tell you this early, so if “FSOG” is your idea of BDSM erotica, Blue might not ring your bell. Why? Because Blue is realistic, offering more than someone’s ideal fantasy of an abusive relationship. It shows BDSM’s good, bad, ugly, and everything in between. Most of the people in the book are

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Book Review - Robert Fleming's Havoc After Dark Dark and Excellent Short Horror Story Collection To say Havoc After Dark is a collection of fourteen short stories makes it sound so...normal. Just a few stories in a book, like any other book. But this isn’t any ordinary collection, and these stories are like nothing you’ve ever read.  Though billed as a collection of stories in the

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Click to buy, share, or preview the first few chapters of Tales of a Vampire Hunter - Omnibus Edition (the Collected Works of the Tales of a Vampire Series, Books 1 - 3). For a full-length preview, download IMMORAL: Tales of a Vampire Hunter Book One FREE from these booksellers: Amazon (Universal link) Barnes and Noble Nook Book Apple iBooks Smashwords

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Book Review - Cautionary Tales: Voices from the Edges by Emmanuelle de Maupassant Every once in awhile, I stumble across a writer who seems to come from another time, a time before Fifty Shades of Grey and the endless stream of imitators that followed. Back to the days when strong, intelligent women with darkly-woven souls wrote thought-provoking, deep, and literary works of fiction. 

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Author's Favorite Excerpt from Tales of a Vampire Hunter - Omnibus Edition: The Collected Works of Tales of a Vampire Hunter 1 - 3  From Book 3 (Bespelled) Bangkok, Thailand Oliver Ripley exited the limo and stepped into another world, a place peaceful and serene. A winding brook babbled over rocks, and fragrant white flowers bloomed along a stone pathway. Sculptured faces of ancient Asian

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Tales of a Vampire Hunter - e-Book Out July 29th Finally! The e-Book version of Tales of a Vampire Hunter is coming out July 29th. Tales of a Vampire Hunter has been a labor of love spanning one short story and three novellas (and countless rewrites). As a thank you to the fans who urged me on and turned me into a best-selling author, I let them pick this hot new cover. M.L. Doyle

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I should have known better. I should have stayed home, remained alone. I should have known better. Once you are an adult, every story begins in the middle. Mine is no different. The unpleasant details of what had come before do not need sharing, though they had brought me to New York where I could hide. My job allowed me to disappear. A copy editor’s work is essential, yet never as important

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sculpture at Khajuraho Temple Transgression, Rule-breaking and Paradoxes of the Human Condition As a storyteller, I used to say my first mission was to entertain, and I have written many fun, little stories. But taboo subjects are, by far, more interesting to write. Looking for ways to question, overturn assumptions, startle moral codes, and catch readers—and myself—off guard, I examine

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Several months ago, Emmanuelle de Maupassant invited erotica genre writers to share their secrets and thoughts about writing, writing erotica, their processes, and backgrounds in a very detailed written interview.  130 responded, writing honestly of their experiences. She's been sharing the results in an amazing series (which came out right about the time I felt compelled to post about "

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-28380254062448056012016-06-24T10:30:00.000-05:002016-07-26T16:59:57.112-05:00

After Fifty Shades of Grey and countless copy-cats, I almost hate to say I write erotica. I like porn as much as the next person, so let me explain my hang-up.  You see, real erotica is not usually about pleasure or sex, just as sex is not always about the body. Sex can leave you wanting or satiated, physically and emotionally. Sex involves emotions (even for men, despite what some would have

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I got an email recently from a client, asking how I write so many short stories and books while sometimes working full-time, being a wife and a mom, starting a business, working with other writers, and doing a million other things (including dealing with three surgeries in two years, and not writing or working at all for a long time). Here's my secret: Doing more didn't work (and wasn't

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This Omnibus Edition collects the three Tales of a Vampire Hunter novellas into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to the party and wish to save a few bucks while picking up the same stories in a single package plus a bonus short story and an audio-story offer. The first Tales of a Vampire Hunter story (Vacancy) was released as a standalone short story in July 2012. Due to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-72058212583244891682016-06-01T09:00:00.000-05:002016-07-26T16:59:28.925-05:00

S One from the vaults . . . still true today. Some people search their entire lives for a place to call home. Some, born by the shore, never feel quenched until the dry, arid heat of a desert causes their internal landscape to gush like a waterfall. Others, surrounded by wide-open flatlands, only feel unbound and free atop high mountains, cosseted by trees. Raised by nomads, I always wanted

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-21224909689923700522016-05-28T13:47:00.000-05:002016-07-26T16:59:12.116-05:00

I write erotic fiction, not pornography. Often, I share my work here and ask for nothing in return because it allows me to write what interests me. I choose themes that examine the human condition. Symbolism is a way to shine a comforting light into places where eroticism intersects with the familiar in our lives or where dark and scary things lurk. If you want to sell work to quality

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746760910295236117.post-9664070925525960592016-05-21T12:46:00.000-05:002016-05-28T14:38:14.345-05:00

Many readers tell me they'd love to review more books, but since they are not writers, the whole idea makes them nervous. Reviews mean so much to writers, and so few real readers leave them. Feedback keeps us going and gives us direction. Reviews allow our work to be seen in places like Amazon and BookBub (which is why so many writers resort to paying for reviews). Here's a brilliant cheat

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When Kay Jaybee (winner of the "Best Erotic Book Brand" and "Best Erotica Writer" awards pretty much every year) asks you to participate in her erotica-author interview series, you say,"YES!"  Then, the questions arrive and (if you are like me) you ask, "Do I really want to admit some of this truth about what writing erotica has been like for me?" Then, you do it, because what's the point of

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Immoral: Tales of a Vampire Hunter #1 (early cover idea) Today, someone "liked" this 2013 cover idea I posted in a Facebook group way back then and gave me such a thrill. How lucky I am to have had the support of readers for all this time. You made the book #1. You turned it from a short story into a trilogy, and you have kept it in the top 100 on Amazon since 2013. The Omnibus Edition comes

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I write. I read. I review books. I edit, and I love helping other writers. We're all in this thing together. Often, when I ask erotica authors the theme of their story, they say, “Sex?” If you want to sell more work, make more money, and receive more recognition, that's a bad answer. Your story has to contain other elements. Here why: 1. Every compelling story has a theme, usually tied to

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Everyone wants to know how they can sell their short erotica stories (or erotic short stories as some people call them). It’s the first thing people ask me when they find out I've sold every short story I've written, in many cases more than once. There’s no big secret (sorry to disappoint you). But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things you can do that will set your work above 85% of other

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